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Is he really a 6-7 SG?? http://verbalcommits.com/players/cameron-brooks-harris

Cam Brooks-Harris of Zanesville. Offers from Marshall and Cleveland State.

Just made note of this recruiting thread. Amazing coincidence, as I have met the founder of the UA Corrosion Control Program. Was at my jobsite to film the plating and painting process for USAF C-17 cargo planes. Do hope she's still at the U. Had to file a lawsuit against the Engineering School Dean to have the program properly funded. This was discussed on the UA academic forum a couple years ago.

Thanks Mom! And all blessings to the whole Chop Fam, and the Kangoeroes! Maybe he can take some grad courses in Belgian brewing!

Mattocks starting for Reggae Boys vs el Tri.

So, I take it the incoming players (frosh) have to be taking classes to get room & board. That must be true for others who are in summer work-outs too. That was my basic question.

When ya'all are at the Hall, look for a photo of the first NFL champion, 1919 Akron Pros. See if you can find my grandfather -- Arthur Sloat in the shot. Think he was a tackle. Saw it and his name back in the 70s.

I was just curious about something I've wondered for a while -- are the athletes who arrive "early", be it for Summer workouts or incoming freshmen who grad early -- able to stay in the dorms or do they have to find housing and pay rent?

All I know is their program fell on hard times several years ago. Not familiar with their current G roster, but would anticipate Noah to have a shot at starting or getting signif PT. Will sure be following and rooting for him, as always. They're not on our roster, in the event w/ Maui U are they?? So good to see the team playing in HI twice this season!

I was looking for info on a local Hawaii player (Shandon Hopeau) with Sounders Academy U-18 and found this review from the SSFC Sounders@Heart blog of Nick Hinds play for the Sounders "S-2" club -- which is - their USL club, or PDL? http://www.sounderatheart.com/thefuture/2016/12/24/13849790/s2-postmortem-the-players Nick Hinds (# 40; Age 19; LB/LM; 6 appearances; 0 Goals; 0 Assist; 249’) Potential: Top MLS LB - Backup LM Overview: Hinds was the best of the Academy players to appear for S2. He is an athletic LB with a very good left foot. He held his own defensively and took set pieces when he played for S2. We only got a glimpse of him but he looks promising. Apparently he played as an attacking midfielder for Akron in the college playoffs and did very well. He is almost certainly still a left back at the professional level but it is a good sign he can perform up the field against college competition. 2017: Will probably play at least another year at Akron but he is HGP eligible so he could be signed earlier.

Beat me by a minute!

Dude! They have (other than school)buses in Green now?? I refuse to believe my home township has been destroyed by development!

Both DeAndre and Bobby Wood, starters and attacking stars for both Jurgen and Bruce were left off the Gold Cup roster by Arena. This article shows ten WCQ players who are not present for Gold Cup. Either their club teams have denied permission, or the players and teams jointly determined they were better served playing club football. http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/sports/goalkeeper-jesse-gonzalez-preliminary-gold-cup-roster-article-1.3219580 I tweeted DA, and he has not gotten back. lol So I'll have to go over his head, straight to his Big Bro. (Uncle Tank)

SIUE?? SIUE. Yes!! This is the best thing to happen to MAC men's soccer in a long, long time! For one thing, it automatically doubles the league's number of NCAA champion teams (I think Hartwick also was a one-time champ, but they're gone, and they were never a real addition). They (SIU-E) won the national title in 1979, and were a perennial top-20 team in the 70s-80s. That was one of the greatest stories in collegiate soccer history -- and I remember the season. (I'm old enough, believe me!) The Zips, under coach Bob Dowdy played the Cougars in mid-Sept., I recall, and they were about a .500 team early in the season. We defeated them at the Lee Jackson -- on the same day the Browns beat the Steelers, and the Nanchoff Brothers were there cheering on both teams, as I brought my transistor radio along on the bike ride from Green that day. I think it was a close game, but what is remembered by history is that that was SIUE's last defeat of the season. The team's coach, I think it was Bob Guelker, mentioned above by fknbflobo suffered some kind of illness -- possibly a heart attack -- just after playing Akron, and the team rallied around him and went on to win the NCAA title that season. And Mario Sanchez is their coach. I've heard really good things about Mario -- who I believe was Ken Lolla's goalkeeping coach. He got really screwed over after leaving Louisville to take the HC job at UNLV, and the school almost immediately dropped men's soccer out of the blue. Not sure how long he's been at SIUE, but after UNLV he was coaching with a youth club in Vegas that provided 3 or 4 girls players to Akron. I knew another (GK) coach from that club, who really liked Mario. Bottom line is, this addition will give instant RPI points to every MAC school. And a very real possibility of a second NCAA berth. Great move! Edit: To add a little to what skip and Zip_ME87 were discussing, Edwardsville had a good D1 athletics program (they were as good or better in many sports than the OTHER Southern Illinois U.) that was reduced to D2 status sometime in the 1980s, and I know their men's basketball program just returned back to D1 about 3-4 years ago. I read this on the wiki page that fknbuflobo linked: "Toward the end of Guelker's tenure, scandal in some of the university's other sports programs brought about a major reduction of funding for all sports, and the program went into a period of decline."

Here's hoping he doesn't go to the coach's hairdresser!

From his OSU bio: "SOPHOMORE (2014-15): Played in all 31 games and started 30 … Averaged 10.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.1 blocked shots in 34.8 minutes per game"

I <3 this thread's effort to make our program look less pathetic than the Big East's worst, or alternatively, to assuage our overconfidence by in the great Akron tradition, showing that we have NO tradition WHATSOEVER! Did you forget, Billy Turner was on the 1966 Little All-American team with four members of the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame! Which makes me reconsider my prior support for Coach Groce. I just learned that Ray Meyer was available!

And here's some inside scoop from his hometown. http://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/high-schools/2017/05/26/former-milwaukee-king-hoops-standout-virshon-cotton-signs-akron/349834001/ And PLEASE Virshon, Keep the dreadies!

This site provides a very strong indication that Virshon has grown a lot, and that he may still be growing! https://future150.com/hs/basketball-profiles/virshon-cotton-pg-2017

Virshon Cotton GOES OFF for 22 points, 21 assists VIDEO #4 https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Virshon+Cotton+basketball&view=detail&mid=1D207617AAA04E5E7CDE1D207617AAA04E5E7CDE&FORM=VIRE

Newest recruit! Virshon Cotton, Milwaukee class of 2017.

I seem to remember a tweet by Dalton shortly after the departure of KD saying he intended to transfer -- can't recall if he said to Duquesne or not. But on another track, I am hearing some of those rumors that Hilltopper and Skip-zip are referring to. Dambrot's decision was not entirely his own.

Looking at this year's schedule, I'm trying to get tips on where we might go in the future for pay-backs, I see Washington and St Mary's both coming to the CKF (Cub Cadet Field!). UW has one of the big early season tournaments in Seattle, which usually also has U of Portland in the field. I've been waiting for us to play at Merlo Field at UP, where we last played about 2001 I think. This may be our first game ever vs St Mary's.

Thanks for pointing this out, TennZip -- As I discovered that a player who I've followed the past two seasons -- German Sven Koenig, is transferring from Hawai'i Pacific to Creighton. This kid was probably the top player in D-2 nationally, and I think was the leading scorer in PDL with KW White last season, which played in Windsor ON. I sure wish Jared had gotten hold of him first! Do we play Creighton this year? https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/college-players-to-watch-in-the-2017-pdl_aid41828/gallery_id167/f-sven-koenig-okc-energy-u23-(creighton)_6

Well, back to Harder Stadium we go, on Sept 9. Gauchos have an excellent recruiting class, so expect Big Mike to be back on the ZipsNation! Where the Hell did our National Champs emoji go??